At a point in everyone's life, you must break a rule to do what is morally just. In the play, Antigone by tragedian Sophocles, the main character, Antigone, rebels against the king to do what is right. Though Antigone’s actions were good-hearted, she caused a terrible unforeseen tragedy.
Antigone buried her brother, though it was explicitly prohibited by king Creon, knowing it would mean her death. She did this to give her brother the burial he deserved and to fulfill the natural law of the gods. “Our own brothers’ burial! (Creon) forbids anyone to bury him” (26, 34). Antigone is furious with Creon’s decree and pleads with her sister, Ismene, to help her with the task. Additionally, she does this to obey the Gods’ natural laws which Creon is
Antigone buried her brother, though it was explicitly prohibited by king Creon, knowing it would mean her death. She did this to give her brother the burial he deserved and to fulfill the natural law of the gods. “Our own brothers’ burial! (Creon) forbids anyone to bury him” (26, 34). Antigone is furious with Creon’s decree and pleads with her sister, Ismene, to help her with the task. Additionally, she does this to obey the Gods’ natural laws which Creon is